Show important strike in the 1 I X L correspondence ond anoa sumpter oregon jan 20 1904 fred kelly superintendent of the I 1 X L in the greenhorn district was here today and confirms the report regarding the rich strike on the south drift from the foot level the shoot mr kelly says recently disclosed shows a width of from six to eight inches and carried ore which assays essays as high as per ton in character lie he says it is very similar to the rich telluride ores of cripple creek to all appearances the drift in question is just skimming the top of the shoot with indications that values and strength will increase with depth water connection mr kelly says has been made between the I 1 X L workings and the hidden treasure and the shaft on the latter lattaris lat teris is being drained through the L I 1 X L with a view to resuming operations in the hidden treasure shaft at an early date the mill which recently went into commission is in fine working order and the cyanide plant is giving entire satisfaction the keystone mining company operating in the quartzburg Quartz burg district has instituted contempt proceedings against the equity copper gold mining company for alleged violation of a restraining order temporarily the equity people from tres spass on the keystone claim pending a hearing for a permanent injunction A short time ago the restraining order in question was issued by the court on a showing of facts that the equity company was removing ore from ground owned by the keystone people the equity company it is alleged paid no attention to this order but continued to remove ore from the disputed ground hence the institution of contempt proceedings for the alleged disregard of the order in the answer filed to the first action the equity people attempt to set up a state of fa facts ets showing that the Ken company has failed to do the ahe required assessment work and therefore the ground was subject to relocation G M X anderson of inwood iowa president of the keystone company who has been here several days looking after the pending litigation returned east yesterday manager james A howard of the golconda returned this week from pendleton where he went to attend a meeting of the directors the golconda management has been slightly embarrassed on account of the failure of C B wade late president of the con company pany and the largest stockholder it was thought for a time that the mine would have to close down temporarily on this account mr howard states however that the tidd has been stemmed and that the company is in better shape financially now than it ever has been at the meeting mentioned an entirely new set of officers and directors were chosen they are as follows T G halley hailey president B E J sommerville vice president F B clopton seer detary william jones treasurer the board of is composed of the above officers and C S jackson mr howard retains the general management of the company an explosion at the virginia mine greenhorn district yesterday due to a missed hole resulted in the death of john reiss and the serious injury of james weeden the men were imprisoned by debris on the foot level for nearly two hours before being discovered reiss died in a short time after being taken from the mine it is thought weeden will recover john R cassin of spokane sec secretary and treasurer of the alamo mining company was here this week and reports the successful operation of the new stamp mill which went into commission a few days ago some delay was experienced in starting on account of the water freezing in the flume which furnishes power at first only five stamps were started but when mr cassin left the entire complement of ten stamps stamp was in full operation mr cassin says that the alamo has a sufficient amount of or ore e in sight to keep the mill running for five or six years the development period of the alamo dates back for a period of five years and it was the policy of the company to create an abundant reserve before venturing on a plant thomas lee of cincinnati president of the alpine company operating in the cable cove district and john F deltz deitz one of the leading stockholders also of cincinnati spent some time at the property this week they expressed themselves as highly satisfied with the development policy being carried out by superintendent addoms gent lees visit is due to the illness of colonel grayson of portland general manager of the company colonel grayson has been unable to look after its affairs lately but it is understood that he is now improving S G williams aged 67 superintendent of the midway died at hot lake sunday he left here a week ago to take treatment at this resort for rheumatism and other complications he was buried at baker city by the elks M E R bain general manager of the overland came in from the property the other day and reports that another vein has been encountered in the crosscut it is a small one but carries satisfactory values this makes the second vein cut in driving the distance of devent five feet mr bain esti mates that the main lead of the property will be reached within the next thirty five feet of the crosscut L van hecke of sioux falls south dakota a director in the midway company and W H rogers one of the stockholders of iowa returned east yesterday both are well pleased with the management of the midway the crosscut from the foot station cut into the vein while they were here and a fine showing is being made the new hoist recently installed on the myers group near medical lake operated by the indiana mining company was started up this week it has a depth capacity of feet J W messner has the general management of this mine and also of the prairie diggins in the quartzburg Quartz burg district operated practically by the same people dr samuel blume of new york who is largely interested in various mining properties of the district arrived here this week and will spend some time looking after his holdings yesterday he went out to the victor and the tabor fraction with harry hendryx of the geiser hendryx investment co today with otto herlocker and frank shelton general manager and secretary respectively ively of the highland company he left to make an inspection of the highland property the first shipment of copper mate from the sumpter smelter was made today it consisted of eight cars consigned to salt lake city the result of the short test run made by the plant shows its complete adaptability tabi tibi lity to the ores of the district anthony returned this week from wheeler county where he and sumpter associates socia tes control 3 acres of coal lands now under process of development the bed being explored mr mohr states measures eight feet in thickness and there is a constant improvement of the coal as the tunnel gets farther in the tests made show it to be an excellent steam and coking coal T G GWYNNE |